Been too busy to blog for the past 2 weeks, so i'll try to lengthen this post as much as possible.
Last Week
Last Week
had CD (chemical defence) training on monday and tuesday. to me, it's quite a hassle to remember the drills and decontaminate everything once every 20 seconds or so, and having a really scary MSG as your instructor doesn't really improve your odds. lucky i'm not in 39 SCE. standing in the smoke chamber was a pretty interesting experience. despite what others said about ears burning and all that, i felt quite comfortable until i had to remove my mask. i still find it quite amazing that gas can be that irritating to the eyes and nose. had fun being ultimate warrior and shaking the fence like crazy. all in all, not an experience i want to repeat that soon, if at all.
after the CD training, i had a rather nasty confrontation with a 3SG from my company. i honestly can say i'm liking him less and less. three stripes is not that big a deal. remember what i said a few months ago about basic respect and all that? well, he still can't get my name right. there are some things i wish i could say or do to him, but most of them would result in me being charged or jailed, so i'll tolerate until he goes off in may next year.
nothing really that remarkable happened after that, though time did seem to pass rather slowly. got screwed over quite badly (read: in full view of almost everyone) for some inconsequential thing which was partially linked to the above incident, but things were ok after that. finished a book in camp too. quite productive.
This Previous Week
this week can be summed up as, as i've taken to saying recently, "face green green". it's a phrase which has been directly translated from hokkien/chinese, which means that a person is flustered/busy/swamped in work. i am thankful that that doesn't apply literally, because i went outfield with alpha to support their ETEP. the original plan was for me to be attached to a platoon, and be a participant in the exercise (i.e. camo on, FBO, the whole package). but thanks to my OC's timely intervention, i was pushed to be chief safety...'s signaller. i really love that guy. he's got me out of more potentially inconvenient situations than i care to remember. so, all i did was monitor the radio for any cries of help or distress. thankfully, there weren't any. one drawback about being a safety signaller (or medic, or safety anything, really) is that you don't get to sleep all that much at night.
still, the 3 days and 4 nights are up, and i'm back at home. so, no hard feelings for this particular outfield. as support personnel, my role is naturally slacker, but i've still managed to walk (limp?) away with quite a badly blistered left foot. even green grass oil doesn't seem to be working its usual miracle. maybe it's because the blisters came on top of existing unhealed ones from bold sappers. i'm happy though, that i got about 25 mosquito bites total this time round, as compared to the 100+ from the previous exercise. SAF repellent is really good stuff.
turns out my ops spec decided to postpone his operation, so we're at almost full strength again. that's good, because we'll be needing all the manpower we can get these couple of months.
Present
well, it's just past 12:00am. time for me to get some sleep, i think. tomorrow is definitely a long and interesting day, what with mahjong and the cat high anniversary dinner. i'll blog about it after it actually happens. until then, goodbye.
after the CD training, i had a rather nasty confrontation with a 3SG from my company. i honestly can say i'm liking him less and less. three stripes is not that big a deal. remember what i said a few months ago about basic respect and all that? well, he still can't get my name right. there are some things i wish i could say or do to him, but most of them would result in me being charged or jailed, so i'll tolerate until he goes off in may next year.
nothing really that remarkable happened after that, though time did seem to pass rather slowly. got screwed over quite badly (read: in full view of almost everyone) for some inconsequential thing which was partially linked to the above incident, but things were ok after that. finished a book in camp too. quite productive.
This Previous Week
this week can be summed up as, as i've taken to saying recently, "face green green". it's a phrase which has been directly translated from hokkien/chinese, which means that a person is flustered/busy/swamped in work. i am thankful that that doesn't apply literally, because i went outfield with alpha to support their ETEP. the original plan was for me to be attached to a platoon, and be a participant in the exercise (i.e. camo on, FBO, the whole package). but thanks to my OC's timely intervention, i was pushed to be chief safety...'s signaller. i really love that guy. he's got me out of more potentially inconvenient situations than i care to remember. so, all i did was monitor the radio for any cries of help or distress. thankfully, there weren't any. one drawback about being a safety signaller (or medic, or safety anything, really) is that you don't get to sleep all that much at night.
still, the 3 days and 4 nights are up, and i'm back at home. so, no hard feelings for this particular outfield. as support personnel, my role is naturally slacker, but i've still managed to walk (limp?) away with quite a badly blistered left foot. even green grass oil doesn't seem to be working its usual miracle. maybe it's because the blisters came on top of existing unhealed ones from bold sappers. i'm happy though, that i got about 25 mosquito bites total this time round, as compared to the 100+ from the previous exercise. SAF repellent is really good stuff.
turns out my ops spec decided to postpone his operation, so we're at almost full strength again. that's good, because we'll be needing all the manpower we can get these couple of months.
Present
well, it's just past 12:00am. time for me to get some sleep, i think. tomorrow is definitely a long and interesting day, what with mahjong and the cat high anniversary dinner. i'll blog about it after it actually happens. until then, goodbye.
-random thought of the day: Tired.-
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